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Presenting Mainstage: Jeremy Dutcher - MOTEWOLONUWOK ᒣᑏᐧᐁᓓᓄᐧᐁᒃ

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Jeremy Dutcher

Jeremy Dutcher, photo by Kirk Lisaj

 

Run Time 90 minutes
Intermission N/A
Audience Advice Please turn off all cellphones, photo/video cameras. All recording is prohibited.

About the Program

Enter the wholly unique world of Jeremy Dutcher—a Two-Spirit song carrier, classically trained tenor, and Wolastoqiyik member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in eastern Canada—live at Banff Centre.

Dutcher’s acclaimed debut Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa unearthed century-old archival recordings of his ancestors and turned them into collaborative, piano-based compositions. Sung entirely in Wolastoqey, his endangered mother tongue, it went on to win the 2018 Polaris Music Prize, and led to collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma and Leslie Feist.

His sophomore album Motewolonuwok ᒣᑌᐧᐁᓓᓄᐧᐁᒃ , which features several English-language originals, was awarded the 2024 Polaris Music Prize, making Jeremy the first double winner.

Unapologetically playful in its incorporation of classical and jazz influences, full of reverence for Wolastoqiyik tradition, and teeming with the urgency of modern-day resistance, Dutcher’s music is like nothing else.

Biographies

Staff Credits

Production & Program Team

Brendan Briceland Projection Designer
Lyle Fish Head of Sound
Samantha Hindle Assistant Head of Sound
Kate King Wale Program Delivery Specialist
Tambry Kopp Program Manager, Banff Centre Presents
Josephine Ridge Executive Director, Arts
Darrell Shaw Assistant Head of Lighting
Andrew Smith Production Manager, Performing Arts
Michael Young Head Stage Carpenter / Stage Manager